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In the Executioner’s Shadow

Submitted by OADP on Sun, 12/30/2018 - 2:31am

On Jan. 15, 2019, the Salem Progressive Film Series opens with the film at Salem’s Grand Theater at 7 PM with the film “In the Executioner’s Shadow”. This film casts a penetrating look at the consequences of the death penalty. As the battle to overturn capital punishment comes to a head in the U.S., this provocative film challenges viewers to question their deepest beliefs about justice.

This film will also be shown at the following locations in Oregon.

For more information, please call (503) 990-7060 or visit www.oadp.org

Following many of the events listed above there will be multiple broadcasts presented on local access cable TV outlets. The schedule of cable offerings, which will carry the documentary film along with a repeat of the discussion in Salem, featuring John Kitzhaber, Paul DeMuniz and Frank Thompson, will cover most parts of Oregon, where cable access channels are available. The channels and times will be announced at the individual events and posted on this web page.

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Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Oregon. The first execution under the territorial government was in 1851. Capital punishment was made explicitly legal by statute in 1864, and executions have been carried out exclusively at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem since 1904. The death penalty was outlawed between 1914 and 1920, again between 1964 and 1978, and then again between a 1981 Oregon Supreme Court ruling and a 1984 ballot measure. Since 1904, about 60 individuals have been executed in Oregon. Aggravated murder is the only crime subject to the penalty of death under Oregon law.